[chirp_users] UV5 cable and drive

[Shon Edwards]

Is this the Baofeng UV-5R?  I apologize if this has already been brought up
before, but I always just use the RT Systems (in Colorado) cable and
software.  I have bought 25 different sets of cable+s/w for my radios and
never a  hitch once.  I learned my lesson the first time I got a Chinese
radio with s/w that was not in English, some of the characters in the path
for some of the drivers on the disc provided were hard-coded into Chinese,
so it took forever to try to get a "good" driver and cable.  I am the
poorest of hams and I will tell you that I will ALWAYS go to RT Systems for
the cable and software.  It's just plug 'n play.  It's not worth the time I
would spend trying to use old, generic or "fake" stuff to make it work.  I
realize it's possible that I will only use the software once, but I don't
care.  Programming a radio manually or with non-standard parts just isn't
worth my time.  Go ahead and spend the fifty bucks and get the RT Systems
equipment unless you love headaches or big challenges:
https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/baofeng-uv-5r-radio-programming-software-s/2225.htm
.

Good luck!

73 de Shon, K6QT

Shon R. Edwards, MA, AG (Czech Republic)
Amateur call:  K6QT
1039 N 2575 W
Layton, UT, 84041-7709
USA
Home phone:  (801) 444-3445
E-mail:  sre.1966 at gmail.com

or

Shon Edwards
715 Strawberry Creek Private Rd.
Bedford, WY 83112
Cell:  (307) 248-2104

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Jardy via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> If you have the fake Prolific chip in your cable, go to www.miklor.com
> and look for driver 3.2.0.0. It is easy to roll back the drivers if you
> need to. Having the FTDI cables is nice, but I have several cables for many
> different radios that use the same driver. Not as big of a deal as some
> would lead you to believe.
>
> Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
> Message sent through sub space hailing frequencies using the Universal
> Translator.
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2018, at 11:44, Darby Collier <collier.darby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I ran into repeated issues with cables and drivers until I finally just
> opted for FTDI cables for both mobile and handheld. Problems solved
> immediately.
>
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2018 11:37 AM, "randy true" <w4rttrandy at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> Just ordered a UV5 and cable and have heard that the correct driver is
>> hard to locate.
>>
>> Any truth and where to find it.
>>
>>
>> Randy W4RTT
>>
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